It's hard to believe that this season of Survivor is nearly over, and even harder to believe that Abi won immunity at the eleventh hour last week and managed to escape elimination. Still, it's a new week and lightning rarely strikes twice, so surely she'll be packing her bags tonight, right? Well, let's find out...

Returning to camp following Tribal Council, Abi approaches Carter to see how he feels about the four person alliance between Mike, Denise, Lisa and Malcolm. Carter says that he's not thinking about it too much and that if Abi has an immunity idol (which she lied about last week), she'll be going farther in the game than he did. She insists that it's not "if" she has it, because she definitely does. Newsflash: she doesn't. Hopefully the others aren't stupid enough to believe her.

Meanwhile, Lisa is feeling ambivalent about her final four deal as she thinks Malcolm has played a brilliant game and is concerned that going to the end with him and Denise may not be her most brilliant move. However, she's hesitant to break the trust she's built with them as she vowed to herself to stay true to whatever agreements she made moving forward in the game. Sounds like it could get messy.

It's time to meet Jeff in a clearing for today's reward challenge, and this week, he reveals, they'll be tied to a loved one. Mike's son shows up for a tearful reunion, followed by Carter's mom, Denise's husband Brad, Lisa's brother Justice, Abi's mom Vera (which is one of the less emotional reunions) and Malcolm's brother Miles, who we know from the previews will probably be a bit of a troublemaker.

Back to the task. On Jeff's go, each player will toss a muddy bag to his or her loved one, which that person must catch and use to knock down a bamboo target. The first person to knock down five will get to take his or her loved one back to camp, where they'll spend the afternoon and the night.

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Miles knocks one off for Malcolm, followed by one for Brad, Carter, Mike and Denise. Abi's mom seems to be having a more difficult time and can't catch the bags, but the others are doing much better and it's neck in neck with only one left for Malcolm, Carter and Mike. Finally, Malcolm's brother knocks the last one down and wins the challenge for the two of them. Ah, yes. I should have guessed that would happen. Malcolm gets to pick one other person to bring their family member, and he chooses Lisa as he knows how much difficulty they've had. Then he gets to pick one more and he chooses Mike. Wow, Denise must not be too happy with him.

Back at camp, Lisa gets some time with Justice and she's loving it. Malcolm also gets to see Miles and Mike and Mike Jr get some quality time, as well. Malcolm is happy to see his brother, of course, but worries that his outgoing personality could cost him some valuable footing in the game if he runs his mouth. Lisa confides in Justice that she's made a lot of mistakes in the game and she might have played a much different, better game if she had to do it all over again. They then join up with Mike and his son and discuss blindsiding Malcolm and then bring Carter into their alliance. Lisa has concerns that it could blow up in her face, but Mike assures her it would work out. Seeing her brother seems to work wonders for Lisa, who suddenly realises that she can play this game and not be a bad person.

It's day 33 and time for this week's immunity challenge. For this task, they'll need to race across a bamboo balance beam to a platform on the water, where they'll find a hook attached to a rope. They'll drop it in the water to retrieve three bags. Once they've got all three, they'll bring them back to the beach and use the ropes and sticks inside to fashion a pole. Once the pole is long enough, they'll use it to hit a button a drop a flag. The first person to do it wins immunity and can't be eliminated. Ta da!

Carter, Mike and Lisa get their three bags first, followed closely by Malcolm and Denise. Abi is the last to get hers and struggles to hold all three and get back in the water, which is obviously part of her plan to try and convince the others that she has an immunity idol and doesn't need to win. Blah, blah. After making their polls, Carter, Mike and Lisa need to rework their poles when they're not strong enough to push the button. Malcolm nearly gets there himself before finally knocking it over after several tries. He gets immunity and the plan to blindside him is out the window.

Back at camp, Malcolm and Mike discuss who should go tonight: Abi or Carter. They don't want to get rid of Carter, but they don't get much chance to talk about it because Carter himself walks up, having overheard them. They admit that they're discussing who should go, and he urges them to keep him in over Abi out of respect for him and the game. Mike tells him that the only thing against him is the fact that he's a threat, but everything else is against Abi. He allows them more time to talk amongst themselves, but it's anyone's guess as to who will be heading home.

Sitting around the campfire that afternoon, the group talks about the progress of the game in general before Abi pipes up with how difficult it is to be in her position and how she'll have to play her hidden immunity idol at Tribal Council in order to keep herself safe. You know, the idol that she doesn't actually have. Denise asks her politely to leave that conversation, but Abi bites back that it's easy for Denise to say that since she's in a final four alliance. Malcolm eventually gets up and walks away, comparing her to one of the Harry Potter dementors. Ouch, Abi - want some ice for that burn?

At Tribal Council, Carter is eliminated with four votes while Abi only receives one. Ugh, what a bunch of punks. "The realisation that my Survivor experience is over is weighing heavily on me," Carter says following his exit. "It does hurt to know that that four would rather play with someone like Abi, who they feel like they can beat, instead of me is hard. I understand it, but it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. They're playing with their heads, not their hearts at this point."